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Amazon Acquires Siri-Challenger 'Evi' for $26 Million?
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I think voice stuff like Siri or whatever android uses is all pretty useless. Amazon made a mistake and wasted money imho.
It's useless because you don't use it? Interesting logic.
Yeah exactly. Useless.
I didn't say its useless to everyone and anything.
**** guy.
agreed. They are. I have used Google Voice like once or twice for the same thing, other then that... it goes unused.
It's useless because you don't use it? Interesting logic.
it's useless because the voice recognition is very poor compared to google voice.
google voice is instant.
siri is balls slow and confused often.
That's very true. When the OLD CEO was around to pump up the hype, Apple could pull off adding gimmicks. At some point it may become more than just a nolvety, but systems that people are used to is what wins the day presently.
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it's useless because the voice recognition is very poor compared to google voice.
google voice is instant.
siri is balls slow and confused often.
Apple enthusiasts tend to get the two confused. Google Voice is responsive & useful.
Siri is preprogrammed with cute responses for the easily entertained.
it would be AWESOME if Amazon came out with a phone too... with Evi or whatever on it!
The whole thing is just getting more and more ridiculous. It's like every company seems to think they need to get on the Smart Phone bandwagon.
Great for Apple if they take advantage of it... the Android market just keeps getting more and more fragmented.
The whole thing is just getting more and more ridiculous. It's like every company seems to think they need to get on the Smart Phone bandwagon.
Great for Apple if they take advantage of it... the Android market just keeps getting more and more fragmented.
THese voice recognition search engines are no longer cutting edge. They have not been for a longtime. What has just happened to make them available is that hardware and communications is cheap enough. Back when a computer the size of a two drawer file cabinet was required, Siri was expensive but now enough computer power is inside a phone.
The technology is being taught at most universities now to undergrad comp sci majors. Back when I was in school studying this in the 1980's we used text input because voice is expensive to process.
The good news for all of use is that as the technology because more common, and more people use it, it will start to make money and then more people will work on it and the tech improves and more people use it and eventually to have enough people working in the field that progress goes fast. I've been waiting for this snow ball effect for 30 years. Many be finally.
Years ago before Linux version 1.0 people said "when will Linux take over the the consumer desktop?" THis was in the days of Windows 3 and the all in one monochrome Mac. Well it FINALLY did. All those Andriod phones run Linux and are killing the desktop market. And also now we are seeing simple AI in a consumer device. But it took 30 or 40 years.
The technology is being taught at most universities now to undergrad comp sci majors. Back when I was in school studying this in the 1980's we used text input because voice is expensive to process.
The good news for all of use is that as the technology because more common, and more people use it, it will start to make money and then more people will work on it and the tech improves and more people use it and eventually to have enough people working in the field that progress goes fast. I've been waiting for this snow ball effect for 30 years. Many be finally.
Years ago before Linux version 1.0 people said "when will Linux take over the the consumer desktop?" THis was in the days of Windows 3 and the all in one monochrome Mac. Well it FINALLY did. All those Andriod phones run Linux and are killing the desktop market. And also now we are seeing simple AI in a consumer device. But it took 30 or 40 years.
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So sorry, somethings gone wrong can you try that again?
I use it while driving, "Read message", "Reply"...hands free driving while wearing the headphones on long trips.
My kids use FaceTime to send me txts all of the time
Good, they used "-challenger" and not "-killer"... That's a pet-peeve of mine... Not everything has to be a previous-thing-killer!
Somehow it seems the really confused ones are the ones who keep on referring to Google Voice as if it has anything to do with the kind of stuff that Siri does.
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How does FaceTime do texts (and how is that related to Siri/Evi...or was it not meant to be)? Just curious.I use it while driving, "Read message", "Reply"...hands free driving while wearing the headphones on long trips.
My kids use FaceTime to send me txts all of the time
There is something wrong with their calorie conversion. 1125kj/100g should be about 76 calories per oz.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1125+kj+per+100g+in+kcal+per+oz
If I plug in the kj to calorie conversion in evi, it gives the right answer, but in fractional form, which is useless in this case.
http://www.evi.com/q/1125_kj_to_calories
I plug it into Google to simplify:
https://www.google.com/search?q=268+461/523
The grams to ounces conversion looks right
http://www.evi.com/q/100_g_in_oz
If I plug in the entire question it dies.
http://www.evi.com/q/1125_kj_per_100g_to_calories_per_oz
Note that food calories are technically kilo calories or kcal, even though they are never called that when talking about nutrition. Kilojoules are typically used as a measure for nutritional value outside of the US.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1125+kj+per+100g+in+kcal+per+oz
If I plug in the kj to calorie conversion in evi, it gives the right answer, but in fractional form, which is useless in this case.
http://www.evi.com/q/1125_kj_to_calories
I plug it into Google to simplify:
https://www.google.com/search?q=268+461/523
The grams to ounces conversion looks right
http://www.evi.com/q/100_g_in_oz
If I plug in the entire question it dies.
http://www.evi.com/q/1125_kj_per_100g_to_calories_per_oz
Note that food calories are technically kilo calories or kcal, even though they are never called that when talking about nutrition. Kilojoules are typically used as a measure for nutritional value outside of the US.
